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 Boaters discover sunken truck web posted July 23, 2007  MERRIWETHER –
Beverly Watkins and Doug
Wikander reported finding what turned out to be a submerged work truck
early Sunday afternoon, bringing Sheriff’s Deputies and a Department of
Natural Resources officer to the boat ramp to Stevens Creek on Woodlawn
Road. “We found it Tuesday,” Ms Watkins said, and they contacted DHEC
in Aiken to report what they thought was oil leaking into Stevens
Creek. The Aiken office referred them to the office in Greenwood. “They
(DHEC) said they would call us back but never did,” Ms. Watkins said.
So they returned on Sunday and hooked a chain to angle iron that was
about a foot below the surface and tried to pull it out.Mr. Wikander said they were able to move it a few feet when the chain broke loose and they decided to contact WJBF Channel 6 News in Augusta. When a reporter arrived the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office was notified. When deputies arrived there was obvious oil spreading across the waterway but it was still unknown what was under the water.  A local diver
volunteered to take quick dive to identify the object and
reported it to be a Dodge work truck. At that time a wrecker service
and a dive team was summoned to the boat ramp. Once the dive team and wrecker were both on the scene divers attached a cable to the truck and it was pulled from the waterway. The blue Dodge Ram work truck had the steering column broken away and wires were hanging below indicating the truck may have been stolen. Deputies were unable to identify an owner by a license plate on the truck or by the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). The case has been turned over the Investigative Division of the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office. Sergeant Ron Talbert with Department of Natural Resources said the amount of oil and gas that leaked from the truck would not pose any threat to the waterway or the wildlife. “It looks like a lot when it’s on top of the water,” Talbert said, but added that there was very little that actually escaped from engine or the gas tank of the truck.  For
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